CCNA Routing & Switching Certification

CCNA R&S certification is recognized as a key route for network professionals on their way to a rewarding career in the Cisco internetworking field. The demand for highly skilled network professionals increases daily. InfoSec Institute’s CCNA course is an innovative and challenging six (6) day CCNA training course designed specifically for network engineers and administrators requiring full knowledge of Cisco router and switch configuration.

CCENT Certification

The Cisco CCENT (Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician) certification validates the skills required for entry-level network support positions, the starting point for many successful careers in networking. Candidates should have the knowledge and skill to install, operate and troubleshoot a small enterprise branch network, including basic network security. CCENT certification is the first step toward achieving CCNA, which covers medium size enterprise branch networks with more complex connections.

CCDA Certification

Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA®) validates that you have the knowledge required to design a Cisco converged network. With a CCDA certification, a network professional demonstrates the skills required to design routed and switched network infrastructures and services involving LAN, WAN, and broadband access for businesses and organizations. The CCDA curriculum includes designing basic campus, data center, security, voice, and wireless networks.

CCNA Security Certification

With a CCNA Security certification, a network professional demonstrates the skills required to develop a security infrastructure, recognize threats and vulnerabilities to networks, and mitigate security threats. The CCNA Security curriculum emphasizes core security technologies, the installation, troubleshooting and monitoring of network devices to maintain integrity, confidentiality and availability of data and devices, and competency in the technologies that Cisco uses in its security structure. The National Security Agency (NSA) recognizes that Cisco CCNA Security courseware meets the CNSS 4011 training standard.

Award Winning Training from InfoSec Institute

Course Description

Our innovative seven-day training course is designed specifically for network engineers and administrators who require full knowledge of Cisco router and switch configurations. InfoSec Institute has been providing quality training for two decades, and our CCNA boot camp has been one of the cornerstones of our educational portfolio. Our priority is a commitment to the highest quality courseware, instruction and exam preparation in the industry.

InfoSec Institute goes beyond standard industry certification preparation, supplementing the core routing and switching knowledge with an additional focus on the two hottest areas of networking: network security and infrastructure design. After passing the CCNA/CCENT exams, you will then train directly on CCNA: Security and CCDA curricula all in one sitting.. In order to distinguish yourself in what is becoming a crowded job market, it is important to demonstrate proficiency in the areas most desired by employers today: routing and switching, infrastructure design, and security. In our survey of the networking professional job market, many enterprise networking positions require or desire experience in network design and security in addition to core routing and switching skills. InfoSec Institute is the best way to add the security designation to your Cisco certifications!

How the Certifications are Combined

In our detailed analysis of the official CCENT/CCNA courseware, we discovered many areas that overlap between the CCNA courseware and the CCDA and CCNA: Security courseware. Our course gives you the opportunity to apply the knowledge you acquired in the CCNA/CCENT portion of the boot camp to the CCDA and CCNA: Security portion immediately!

In the CCNA/CCENT/CCDA/CCNA: Security Boot Camp, you increase your knowledge through hands-on application of the skills you’ve acquired throughout. There is no better way to gain real-world experience than in our lab environment. In addition, the most difficult portion of the CCNA exam is typically the sim questions, which require you to have intimate knowledge of how to properly configure routers and switches. Our lab environment prepares you for exam success, as well as for a real world networking and switching environment.

We also prepare you for success by sending you pre-study material prior to the start of the course. You can begin your learning process as soon as you enroll, learning the basics on your own in order to make the most of the time spent in-class with the instructor.

Training with InfoSec is the Right Choice

We prepare every student for class by giving them study material prior to the start of the CCNA® /CCENT® training course. Once the course begins, you’ll be working with expert Cisco instructors and mentors who will assist you throughout the course. Students’ skills are greatly increased during the CCNA® /CCENT® course through hands-on practice and exercises using remotely accessed pods of genuine Cisco equipment.

Students who are working toward CCNA certification have two options, both of which result in the same certification:

You can take a single, grueling, difficult exam: the 200-125 CCNA Exam.

You can take two shorter and easier exams: the 100-105 ICND1 Exam and the 200-105 ICND2 Exam.

We’ve been preparing students for Cisco Certifications for over a decade and have found that taking the two ICND exams (Option #2) offers a much better chance of certification success. Taking two exams allows you to break up your exam preparation into two distinct phases during the boot camp. The first half of the boot camp will be focused on the first exam, the latter half on the second. This focused approach allows you to work toward shorter, more easily attainable goals. This two exam approach to the CCNA also allows you more time to build real-world networking skills in addition to passing the CCNA.

In the process of helping students achieve this goal, we have uncovered the secrets of the CCNA: Security and CCDA exams, and will prepare you for real world network security and infrastructure design work while also ensuring that you leave this course with four Cisco certifications.